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CALL FOR PAPERS The University of Amsterdam, the Free University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University are happy to present The NECS 2018 Conference Media Tactics and Engagement 27-29 June 2018 Hosted by the University of Amsterdam and the Free University of Amsterdam Pre-Conference Media in Transition 26 June 2018 Hosted by Utrecht University Post-Conference […]

The NECS 2018 conference will take place at the University of Amsterdam, organised by NECSUS editorial board members Patricia Pisters and Jaap Kooijman, among others. Kooijman has created a short video to announce the conference. More details coming in the months to follow.

This article focuses on the strategies developed by two Northern European documentary film festivals – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX) – to position themselves in the international festival ecosystem and develop a differentiated identity.[1] Over the past ten years I have been conducting research at documentary film […]

NECSUS editor Patricia Pisters has published a book titled Filming for the Future: The Work of Louis van Gasteren. This is the first monograph on the filmmaker to be published in English. The promotion of the book was held on 22 November 2015 in Amsterdam at the cultural center Paradiso and included the presence of the […]

For the third time at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), IDFA DocLab and de Brakke Grond present a joint themed program on the documentary and the digital revolution. This year’s theme is titled: Seamless Reality. A total of thirty installations and interactive projects can be seen and experienced at the free DocLab: Seamless Reality Exhibition, including […]

SPUI25 in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam is hosting a workshop on open access publishing on 17 April 2015 at 14.30h. Using NECSUS as a core case study, questions concerning the future of scholarly publishing will be addressed. NECSUS editors Annie van den Oever and Patricia Pisters serve as […]

NECSUS editor and University of Amsterdam professor Patricia Pisters has written a short article titled ‘Jams, Loops and Downward Spirals in the Academic System’ which is translated and reprinted on the Rethink UvA website. The article was written in conjunction with the student and staff protests at the University of Amsterdam and their efforts to […]

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On Friday the 13th of February an organisation of concerned students calling itself The New University occupied one of the University of Amsterdam’s buildings. The students are protesting the financialisation of academic life and are calling for the radical democratisation of university management. The occupation and protests are ongoing. An online petition with more than […]

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EYE Film Institute Netherlands will organise the conference Colour Fantastic: Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema from 29-31 March 2015 in Amsterdam. This conference will explore contemporary archival and academic debates around colour in the silent film era. Keynote speakers include the filmmaker Peter Delpeut, Professor Tom Gunning (University of Chicago), and Professor Vanessa Toulmin (University […]

The exhibition Precarious Aesthetics: From Webcams to the Moon, featuring the work of Paula Albuquerque and Daniela de Paulis, opens on 17 January 2015 at Bradwolff Projects in Amsterdam. The exhibition runs until 15 February 2015. On 8 February 2015 NECSUS editor Patricia Pisters will join Albuquerque for an art salon event at 16h. Read […]

by Skadi Loist and Marijke de Valck On a sunny August afternoon in Amsterdam, Marijke de Valck and Skadi Loist of the Film Festival Research Network met cultural analyst, festival programmer, and filmmaker Eliza Steinbock (currently working as a lecturer and researcher at Maastricht University). The discussion ranged from Amsterdam-based transgender film festivals to issues […]